self-starting
Example Sentences
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Boyce’s Marcus is a pivotal character in Season 2 due to his quiet dedication, natural affinity for baking, and self-starting passion to be great, not simply good.
From Salon • Jan. 22, 2024
Much like fellow Latinx newcomers Cuco and Kali Uchis, Apollo is part of a rising generation of self-starting Spanglish-language artists who have captivated pop fans with their bicultural cool.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2020
“I love you, Harold, but it’s high time you got one of those self-starting brains.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2016
The financial support for monitoring the "self-starting terrorists" who travel to conflicts overseas after getting "ideas off the internet" was given within the last few weeks, he said.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2015
This engine was self-starting, gave an ignition at every revolution, and ignited without external flame.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 by Various
